Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. By contrast, predictive analytics uses data patterns to make forward-looking predictions that guide you to where you should go next. This is a whole new world for small businesses seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well as social […]
Data and Analytics
Look for A Middle-Way Solution to Customer Loyalty in the Age of Big Data Concerns
Consumers are being asked more and more to hand over their personal data in order to partake in a company’s reward program, but is this truly the best method?
Here’s Why You Need to Attend DATAx New York’s AI & Big Data for Banking Summit
Ahead of DATAx New York’s AI & Big Data for Banking Summit, we speak to Poulomi Damany, vice-president of data product management at Credit Karma, about the how the personal finance company utilizes AI and analytics to enhance its customer service
Great Power, Great Responsibility: The 2018 Big Data & AI Landscape
It’s been an exciting, but complex year in the data world. Just as last year, the data tech ecosystem has continued to “fire on all cylinders”. If nothing else, data is probably even more front and center in 2018, in both business and personal conversations. Some of the reasons, however, have changed. On the one hand, […]
The State of Data Privacy, Then and Now
Who knew that the privacy of one’s personal information would become a variable? Our parents admonished us not to write anything in a letter or note to another that we would not be comfortable seeing on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. We were well schooled in the art of bifurcating our lives […]